Mumbai: City doctors compile manifesto on their and patients’ rights

Mumbai: City doctors compile manifesto on their and patients’ rights

AdvertisingAuthored by bariatric surgeon Dr Aparna Bhasker and plastic surgeon Dr Debraj Shome, the book also contains a first-of-its-kind manifesto on rights of doctors and patients. The AMC now plans to share the manifesto with the medical world to create awareness about doctors’ rights. In one chapter, laparoscopic surgeon Dr Rajeev Palvia discusses the night a mob of 2,000 angry relatives assaulted his hospital following a patient’s death. In one chapter, Dr Shome has written about an acid attack victim he had treated. For patients, it demands that there must be full information given on cost, treatment, treating doctors and to get emergency care..

About Dr. Aparna Govil Bhasker

Dr. Aparna Govil Bhasker is an accomplished Bariatric Surgeon and Laparoscopic GI Surgeon. Extremely passionate about her field of specialization. She completed her MBBS and MS in General Surgery in 2006, from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (MGIMS), Sewagram. Set up in 1967 by none other than the first health minister of India, Ms. Sushila Nayar, MGIMS is deeply rooted in Gandhian ethics. Read more